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  1. Mainsail

    MEP-802A Coolant Bottle and Intermittent Surging Issues

    I currently work for the Navy, was 20 years USAF, and I can tell you it isn't any different in those two branches of the military than it is in the Army. The books will tell you it's one or the other, but when you go to start the maintenance, you discover it's neither... This is the fuel pump...
  2. Mainsail

    MEP-802A Coolant Bottle and Intermittent Surging Issues

    Not sure, what am I looking for, and where?
  3. Mainsail

    MEP-802A Coolant Bottle and Intermittent Surging Issues

    OK, so with 37 total hours (since reset I believe) it runs and powers fine at 50% load. Fresh oil and filter, and two new fuel filters. Increase it to 100% as suggested by turning on the oven in the kitchen, and it'll go just fine for 3 to 5 minutes, at which point the frequency drops off and...
  4. Mainsail

    M1102 Trailer Value?

    I used the info in this stickied thread to build the box. I sourced a mil trailer connector from an old CUCV and got a coil-cord from a trailer supply website. The grey box is just a standard house-wire electrical box available in any home center. Using multi-volt LEDs lets you use the existing...
  5. Mainsail

    M1102 Trailer Value?

    If you mean the second to last picture, then yes, it's an adapter to convert the military receptacle in the grey box to a standard 7-pin trailer setup. I converted my first M1101 trailer harness to seven pin by rewiring from the junction point on the trailer, on this one I chose to keep the...
  6. Mainsail

    Good mounted holster?

    When I was a gov quality inspector I had to take a course in Mag-Particle NDT, and they teach you to demagnetize the parts after inspection. The idea is to prevent the part from attracting grit that can cause damage later on. Knowing that I don't use magnets. I carry in a cross-draw holster...
  7. Mainsail

    Glow plugs roasted

    The question should be, what size wrench did you use to install them? If it was 10mm, they're cheap junk. If 3/8" then they're probably OEM.
  8. Mainsail

    MEP-802A Coolant Bottle and Intermittent Surging Issues

    That's what's coming... sort of...
  9. Mainsail

    MEP-802A Coolant Bottle and Intermittent Surging Issues

    It's a Napa 3348 filter. Had three guys at the local Napa scouring the store for anything that might work. Two gave up and said they had nothing, third guy found an assortment pack that had one that looked like it would work. He robbed two of the assortment packs and told me to have a nice...
  10. Mainsail

    MEP-802A Coolant Bottle and Intermittent Surging Issues

    The shipment I'm waiting for is for the fuel filter and the seals that keep things dry in there. So Napa has the filter, but the filter only comes with a gasket for the bowl, not the two for the thru-bolt... :mad:
  11. Mainsail

    MEP-802A Coolant Bottle and Intermittent Surging Issues

    My local postmaster let me in on how their process works a few years ago when something went missing. When you drop off the package it's scanned "in" to the post office. The PO then scans it "in" to a container, and that container number is now associated with your package, and vise-versa...
  12. Mainsail

    MEP-802A Coolant Bottle and Intermittent Surging Issues

    Day 20 and the tracking still shows the USPS really doesn't know where it is.
  13. Mainsail

    PNW Info Thread!

    Is there no radio plan?
  14. Mainsail

    Break light adjustment

    Brake not break. It'll matter later to someone doing a search using the correct spelling.
  15. Mainsail

    MEP-802A Coolant Bottle and Intermittent Surging Issues

    Well, the plan was to change the oil, change all the filters, and replace the coolant overflow bottle but... I ordered the fuel filter (a 2-pack) on 21 Nov from Green Mountain, and they shipped promptly on the 21st. I'm still waiting for them... I suppose USPS felt they hadn't demonstrated...
  16. Mainsail

    RFID Keyless Ignition

    My key-switch, hidden up under the panel below the HVAC switches, interrupts the neutral safety switch only. So mine will crank but not start (assuming I remember to turn the key before I get out). Right now using two non-mil batteries (I forget the size but not huge) and my constant drains...
  17. Mainsail

    MEP-802A Coolant Bottle and Intermittent Surging Issues

    The new radiator cap arrived finally (seriously, what's with USPS lately?) and it leak-checks good, so that problem is resolved. The fuel filter is "In Transit to Next Facility, Arriving Late" as is the adapter for the water separator. This I have no idea about. Stuff it back in?
  18. Mainsail

    Icy Roads

    Back when I had my '86 Ranger (no ABS) I was driving home from work on the freeway and some knucklehead in a rice burner passed me on the right. I was only going 5 over (so 65mph) because it was raining. The road curves to the left and the left lane goes to Tacoma and the right goes to...
  19. Mainsail

    MEP-802A Coolant Bottle and Intermittent Surging Issues

    Back from the wrecking yard. $2 to walk the lot and find the one Samurai they have is stripped to the bones. Saw a flask shaped bottle that has a mounting bracket in a Toyota that might work well, but since I paid the admission fee I was going to get my money's worth and walk the entire yard...
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